“And she noted that, given the temperament of the famous Gray Stud of Vanyel’s time (an alleged Shin‘a’in warsteed) it was quite reasonable to assume that plowing time (with frisky, hormonal horses) would be rather exciting. She also told me the story of an Amish farmer and his two mares, and his very unique technique for bringing misbehaving horses to see sense. As for the Shin‘a’in technique of taming (or rather, gen tling) horses, it is based entirely on fact, and the techniques of a remarkab...le man named Monty Roberts, who without any form of coercion whatsoever, can take a green, untrained, skittish horse, and have it accepting bridle, saddle, and rider in thirty minutes. His technique is based soundly on understanding equine body language and “speaking” to the horse with his own body language, and results in a cooperative partner. His book, The Man Who Listens to Horses, is one every horse lover and owner should read. There was no light but that of the hearty fire in the Lord’s Study at Ashkevron Manor, but neither of the two inhabitants of the study needed any other illumination.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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